iTunes Review

After 1991’s mournful The Soul Cages, Sting lets sunlight back in. Riding on a shuffling beat and bouncing harmonica, “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You” is his most direct moment since The Police. It sets the playful, melodic tone as he mixes Celtic love ballads (“Fields of Gold”) and country (“Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven)”) with upbeat rock (“She’s Too Good for Me”). In “Shape Of My Heart”, he’s still got room for a beautiful ballad too.

Biography

Born: 02 October 1951 in Wallsend, England

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s

After disbanding the Police at the peak of their popularity in 1984, Sting quickly established himself as a viable solo artist, one obsessed with expanding the boundaries of pop music. Sting incorporated heavy elements of jazz, classical, and worldbeat into his music, writing lyrics that were literate and self-consciously meaningful, and he was never afraid to emphasize this fact in the press. For such unabashed ambition, he was equally loved and reviled, with supporters believing that he was at...